A Sampling of
TREASURED AUTHORS

In the children’s book field, there’s no shortage of extraordinary (talented, passionate, generous-spirited) published authors. Here we link you to a few we’ve had the pleasure of personally knowing—our workshop alumni/faculty, along with others who’ve given us wisdom and support.

ALUMNI (Children’s Fiction)

The Class of 2K7
http://classof2k7.com
Heather Tomlinson and Joni Sensel, alumni of the Pacific Coast Children’s Writers Workshop (PCCWW), are among 38 writers who banded together to launch The Class of 2k7—a collaborative for authors with debut middle-grade and young-adult novels published in 2007. Their nationwide authors represent an extensive range of genres and publishers. This Class has spawned others in subsequent years.

• Heather Tomlinson landed her debut contract for The Swan Maiden (Henry Holt; a Booklist starred review) as a direct result of the 2005 PCCWW. www.heathertomlinson.com
  
  
• Joni Sensel had already sold her first novel, Reality Leak (Henry Holt), when she attended PCCWW in 2006, but she met agent Jennifer Rofe at the workshop and signed with her shortly thereafter—resulting in the sales of three more novels (Holt, Bloomsbury 2007-2010), including The Farwalker’s Quest. See writing tips on her website: www.jonisensel.com
  

Arnold, Marsha Diane
www.marshadianearnold.com
Multiple titles (PenguinPutnam, Random House, Abrams)

Ellis, Ella Thorp
Multiple titles (Atheneum, Henry Holt, Delacorte)

Farrell, Mary Cronk
www.marycronkfarrell.com
Author of the award-winning young-adult novel, Fire in the Hole! (Clarion) and of a second forthcoming historical novel

Pyron, Bobbie
www.bobbiepyron.com
Author of YA novel The Ring (WestSide Books); an early version was critiqued at PCCWW; A Dog’s Way Home was published by Tegen Books/HarperCollins.

Schultz, Jan N.
www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org
Author of Firestorm and other award-winning novels (Carolrhoda, a division of Lerner Press)

Shreeve, Elizabeth
www.elizabethshreeve.com
Author of the middle-grade The Hector Fuller Series (Simon & Schuster); more

Vincent, Zu
www.zuvincent.com
Author of The Lucky Place (Front Street Books)

Yim, Natasha
www.natashayim.com
Author of Otto’s Rainy Day (Charlesbridge)

(More alumni-authors to come!)

Faculty: Past and Present
To read our faculty book reviews, click Booknotes on our NUGGETS menu.

(2010) Laura Backes
www.CBIClubhouse.com
Author of Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate To Read (Prima Publishing/Random House), Children’s Writer’s Big Book of “How To” (Children’s Book Insider); technical editor for Writing Children’s Books for Dummies (Wiley); contributor to Writer’s Digest and The Writer magazines.

(2009) Marion Dane Bauer
www.mariondanebauer.com
Author of the Clarion non-fiction books What’s Your Story?Young Person’s Guide to Writing Fiction and A Writer’s Story: From Life to Fiction; and the multiple-award-winning youth novel, On My Honor (Clarion); many more

(2007) Barbara Shoup
www.barbarashoup.com
Author of the historical YA novel Vermeer’s Daughter (Guild Press), the contemporary YA novels Stranded in Harmony and Wish You Were Here (Hyperion), and the nonfiction Story Matters and Novel Ideas; more

(2006) Deborah Noyes
www.deborahnoyes.com
Author of the historical novel Angel and Apostle (Unbridled Books) and the YA anthology Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales (Candlewick Press); more

(2006) Martha Alderson
www.blockbusterplots.com
Author of Blockbuster Plots (Illusion Press)

Other Esteemed Author-Friends

Alphin, Elaine Marie
www.elainemariealphin.com
Author of Creating Characters Kids Will Love (Writer’s Digest Books) and award-winning youth novels, such as Ghost Cadet (Henry Holt)

Banerjee, Anjali
www.anjalibanerjee.com
Author of multicultural youth novels Maya Running and Looking for Bapu (Wendy Lamb Books); The Silver Spell and Rani and the Fashion Divas (Mirrorstone Books); Seaglass Summer (Wendy Lamb Books/Random House)

Casanova, Mary
www.marycasanova.com
Award-winning youth fiction author (20+ titles; seven novels include Wolf Shadows and Riot)

Lamb, Nancy
www.nancylamb.com
Author of the classic Writer’s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children (Writer’s Digest Books) and youth fiction

Smith, Cynthia Leitich
www.cynthialeitichsmith.com (Children’s/YA literature resource website)
Award-winning author of Rain Is Not My Indian Name (HarperCollins); a YA gothic fantasy novel Tantalize (Candlewick), which received a Borders Original Voices 2007 nomination; Eternal (Candlewick); more

Thank you to all these authors for their contributions
to our workshop and to children’s literature!